Table 1.
Sociodemographic sample characteristics for 14 countries.
| AUS | CAN | CHIN | FRA | GAM | GER | ISR | ITA | MALA | POL | POR | ROM | SGP | SWI | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 195 | 66 | 127 | 107 | 23 | 210 | 89 | 63 | 36 | 65 | 56 | 78 | 13 | 128 | 1254 |
| Mean Age (SD) | 45.5 (13.6) | 40.7 (18.4) | 23.1 (3.1) | 37.8 (14.6) | 36.0 (11.1) | 36.2 (17.1) | 48.4 (16.0) | 32.8 (15.9) | 33.9 (14.5) | 33.5 (12.0) | 38.7 (13.2) | 34.0 (12.2) | 42.9 (15.0) | 35.2 (15.1) | 37.1 (15.7) |
| Gender (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 5.6 | 24.2 | 26.8 | 14.0 | 65.2 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 25.4 | 19.4 | 15.4 | 25.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 19.5 | 19.1 |
| Female | 92.3 | 75.8 | 73.2 | 85.1 | 34.8 | 77.6 | 79.8 | 73.0 | 77.8 | 84.6 | 75.0 | 84.6 | 84.6 | 80.5 | 80.2 |
| Other | 2.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Education (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Primary education | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| High school | 12.3 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 15.0 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 17.5 | 5.6 | 23.1 | 5.4 | 10.3 | 15.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 |
| Vocational/post-secondary | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.7 | 11.5 |
| University degree | 86.2 | 93.9 | 95.3 | 85.0 | 91.3 | 41.9 | 94.4 | 81.0 | 91.7 | 76.9 | 94.6 | 89.7 | 84.6 | 58.6 | 77.9 |
| Economic status (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Below average | 14.4 | 4.5 | 25.2 | 19.6 | 21.7 | 7.1 | 29.2 | 14.3 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 12.7 |
| Average for family in a country | 39.4 | 45.5 | 53.5 | 40.2 | 56.6 | 44.3 | 18.0 | 57.1 | 44.5 | 32.3 | 53.6 | 55.1 | 38.5 | 47.7 | 44.0 |
| Above average | 46.2 | 50.0 | 21.3 | 40.2 | 21.7 | 48.6 | 52.8 | 28.6 | 47.2 | 61.5 | 44.6 | 42.3 | 53.8 | 44.5 | 43.3 |
| Marital status | |||||||||||||||
| Single/Divorced/Widowed | 26.7 | 59.1 | 85.0 | 45.8 | 30.4 | 47.8 | 23.6 | 68.3 | 63.9 | 27.5 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 46.2 | 60.2 | 48.1 |
| Living with a partner | 73.3 | 40.9 | 15.0 | 54.2 | 69.6 | 52.2 | 76.4 | 31.7 | 36.1 | 72.5 | 62.5 | 62.8 | 53.8 | 39.8 | 51.9 |
| Employment | |||||||||||||||
| Unemployed/student/pensioner/retired | 31.3 | 37.9 | 80.3 | 34.6 | 13.0 | 56.7 | 27.0 | 69.4 | 58.3 | 32.1 | 19.6 | 32.1 | 23.1 | 39.1 | 43.5 |
| Full-/part-time employment | 68.7 | 62.1 | 19.7 | 65.4 | 87.0 | 43.3 | 73.0 | 30.6 | 41.7 | 67.9 | 80.4 | 67.9 | 76.9 | 60.9 | 56.5 |
| Healthcare professional | |||||||||||||||
| Health care | 9.7 | 16.3 | 6.2 | 24.4 | 36.4 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 35.0 | 6.2 | 21.6 | 11.9 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 12.5 |
| Other | 90.3 | 83.7 | 93.8 | 75.6 | 63.6 | 93.3 | 94.4 | 90.5 | 65.0 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 88.1 | 81.8 | 81.3 | 87.5 |
| Total cases (T0) | 6881.7 | 85694.8 | 83040.9 | 132184.2 | 44.2 | 126571.8 | 10631.9 | 126022.5 | 5186.0 | 3793.3 | 13256.5 | 20158.6 | 32155.2 | 24412.9 | 58475.6 |
| Total deaths (T0) | 94.6 | 6886.6 | 3532.6 | 25181.5 | 1.9 | 4067.2 | 100.8 | 15524.1 | 84.2 | 142.3 | 431.4 | 1237.8 | 22.1 | 881.7 | 4540.8 |
| Total cases (T2) | 7447.3 | 105103.8 | 84504.9 | 152472.5 | 39019.8 | 176430.6 | 16693.9 | 215638.3 | 7645.3 | 17200.8 | 29784.1 | 38683.8 | 44212.9 | 39763.4 | 79775.2 |
| Total deaths (T2) | 103.3 | 8367.8 | 4644.2 | 29210.6 | 5361.3 | 7961.2 | 254.7 | 30042.3 | 115.3 | 784.2 | 1213.2 | 1953.4 | 25.9 | 2147.7 | 6806.5 |
| General anxiety symptoms (T1) | 5.8 (4.8) | 5.3 (5.3) | 5.4 (3.7) | 6.3 (5.5) | 5.6 (6.3) | 5.3 (4.0) | 5.5 (4.4) | 6.4 (4.5) | 7.5 (5.6) | 8.9 (5.9) | 6.2 (4.7) | 5.6 (4.7) | 5.8 (3.6) | 4.5 (3.5) | 5.8 (4.7) |
| Handwashing (T1) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.3 (0.5) | 3.3 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.3 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.6) | 3.5 (0.4) | 3.4 (0.4) | 3.3 (0.6) | 3.6 (0.4) | 3.7 (0.4) | 3.4 (0.6) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.5) |
| Handwashing (T3) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.3 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.7) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.1 (0.6) | 3.5 (0.5) | 3.6 (0.4) | 3.3 (0.6) | 3.6 (0.4) | 3.7 (0.3) | 3.2 (0.8) | 3.4 (0.5) | 3.4 (0.5) |
Note. AUS = Australia; CAN = Canada; CHIN = China; FRA = France; GAM = Gambia; GER = Germany; ISR = Israel; ITA = Italy; MALA = Malaysia; POL = Poland; POR = Portugal; ROM = Romania; SGP = Singapore; SWI = Switzerland; Total = all countries combined; Handwashing = Adherence to the handwashing guidelines; Total cases/deaths = the number of total COVID-19 cases/deaths from the beginning of pandemic per country per date; Marital status: Living with a partner includes being married, civil partnership, and other romantic relationship.